Simultaneous determination of global topography, tidal Love number and libration amplitude of Mercury by laser altimetry

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1226-1237

  Koch, Christian ^a   Christensen, Ulrich ^a   Kallenbach, Reinald ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BepiColombo; Forced libration amplitude; Long wavelength topography; Mercury; Spherical harmonic expansion; Tidal Love number

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); MICROFLUIDICS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (R ,S)-SYMMETRIC; LASER ALTIMETRY; LOVE NUMBERS; MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; MERCURY(III); SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; TIDAL FORCING;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 45849084687     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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